Resistance is the first story mission in Overwatch 2, introduced in Season 6. It features Overwatch fighting against Null Sector in Rio de Janeiro.

Introduction

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“	THE NEW OVERWATCH TEAM ANSWERS A DISTRESS CALL IN RIO DE JANEIRO.	„
	~ Mission Brief

Null Sector attacked Rio De Janeiro, While Lucio does his best to hold them off. Overwatch then arrived to help him and clearing the area. Lucio then guide the team to his hideout (Defender Spawn Paraiso). To plan to destroy the Null Sector Carrier at the skies of Rio. Reinhardt proposes two teams to get the civilians to Safety, get Echo to fly the dropship and then Lucio formally introduced himself and welcomes the Team to Rio.

Enemies

• Nulltrooper
• Jumpjet
• Flyer
• Artillery
• Charger
• Subjugator (Destroyed)

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  The mission fail screen

Gameplay

Lúcio is the default hero in the mission, and is the only support available. The other players can choose between Reinhardt and Winston as the team's tank, and Echo, Genji, Mei, and Tracer as the team's damage.

Half of the mission takes place on the ground in Rio itself, and other half inside a command ship, where players must destroy the core. The final battle is a boss fight against an Elite Charger omnic.

Strategy

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Story and Aftermath

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After Saving Lúcio, he decided to join Overwatch. The Overwatch Ship lands on Watchpoint: Gibraltar, while Lucio recalls all the retired Overwatch Agents. The group find Cassidy, Pharah, Zarya, D.Va, Baptiste responding to the Recall. In order to saving the world, Cassidy says there is only one person remaining.

Liberation Mission Unlocked.

Challenges

Resistance Challenges

Challenge Name	Requirements	Reward	Notes
Resistance Fighter	Win Resistance on any difficulty.	Chicken Mascot - Weapon Charm 10,000 XP
Hardened Resistance Fighter	Win Resistance on Hard difficulty.	Club Logo - Spray 3,000 XP	Challenges that specify a difficulty can be completed on higher difficulties.
Expert Resistance Fighter	Win Resistance on Expert difficulty.	Chicken Mascot - Spray 3,000 XP
Legendary Resistance Fighter	Win Resistance on Legendary difficulty.	Charger - Spray 5,000 XP
Carnaval of Heroes	Win Resistance with 3 different heroes.	5,000 XP
Save-A-Mari	Gather 4 Pachimaris on the Null Sector carrier and win Resistance on Expert or Legendary difficulty.	Our Differences - Echo Voice Line 2,000 XP	The 4 Pachimaris apply a slow to the carrier and prevent movement abilities other than Lúcio's speed.
Bot Overboard	Knock an enemy off the Null Sector carrier and win Resistance.	Soundtrack for a Revolution - Lúcio Voice Line 2,000 XP

Images

Rio De Janeiro

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  Null Sector Ship Control Room

Concept Arts

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  Lucio Club Assets
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  Rio Club Concept Art
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  Control Room Assets

Development

during development there was talents and Items Supply Box, later after the demo it got scrapped and so did the talents tree system

Differences from the BlizzConline 2019 Demo

• At the time of the development, it only came out with the name of Brazil and Rio de Janeiro like the PVP map, but in the official version, the mission name was changed to 'Resistance'

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  Hero Selection in the full release
• Hero Selection in the demo

• At the time of the development, the hero pool was only Reinhardt, Tracer, Mei, and Lúcio, but in the full release version, the hero pool had many options except for Support. However, there was a dedicated selection window like Retribution and Storm Rising , which was deleted and released just like PVP and Overwatch Uprising .

• In the post-mission cinematic, in the demo version, only the four playable heroes escaped and the rest waited aboard the transport, but in the full version, all playable heroes escaped from the ship, and only Brigitte and Mercy were on the transport.
  • In the latter half of the cinematic, when Lucio falls without being able to catch the dropship and the mission ends with, the hero's placement and facial expressions also changed in the scene where Meiextends her hand and calls out to Lucio. In the demo version, Winston, Mercy, and Brigitte are surprised and have serious expressions, but in the full release version, Winston is behind Genji and Mercy's expression is stiff. Brigitte makes a solemn expression. In the demo version, the game ends with Mei's face appearing, so it seems to have been created as an open ending , and in the official version, where the ending is completed, this scene appears to be followed by a scene where Lucio is saved.

• At the time of the Development, the pilot of the Overwatch dropship was Echo, but as Echo was changed to be playable in the mission, and Mercy and Brigitte became unplayable in the mission, the pilot was changed to Brigitte. As a result of this, in the cinematic before the start of the game, Brigitte appears but Echo does not, and Reinhardt says something like, 'Echo should drive the dropship, and the rest should follow me.' The cinematic's dialogue remains unchanged after release, and when another hero communicates with Echo on the dropship, he states that Brigitte has temporarily taken over for Echo.
• In the demo version, Lucio's club had a small stage podium in the center of a wide space, like a realistic concert hall, but the full release version uses the same map as Paraíso. Perhaps the reason for using a large space is so that many enemies can be dealt with smoothly in PVE. , the PVP version of Paraíso is likely to be complicated and winding because it is a escort map, but it seems they have decided to unify the design in the end. For reference, the stage, which was very large in the demonstration version, was made smaller at the point just before the payload arrives, and the DJ stage was set up on the second floor.
• The barrier to prevent movement was orange in color at the time of the development and was simply an in-game element for progression that was released when all the story lines were heard. changed to purple, and a gimmick of disabling the barrier by destroying the Power relay was added.
• At the time of the development, the location of the first appearance of the Artillery was on top of the wreckage of a building in the first objective, and the camera work was almost static, so it was quite flat. The Artillery itself was a common unit that was a bit stronger.
• At the time of the development, the core of the ship had tremendous health and was an object that had to be maximally dealt with whenever it was exposed at regular intervals. It was changed to something that had to be destroyed after defeating the Colossal Charger, but of course, the health was much lower.
• At the time of the development, the first appearance of the Colossal Charger was a flat production of standing still and staring at it, but in the full release, the body was raised in a folded state, and the parts were precisely deployed, transforming and preparing for battle. It is a bonus that the paint color has been changed since it is classified as an elite Charger.

Trivia

• The original concept for the mission took place at night. Later, this was changed to day.^[1]
• This story mission featured at Blizzcon 2019 as a demo.

References